Comparative study on efficacy of three sperm-separation techniques

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-134

  Xu, Lan ^a   Lu, Ren Kang ^b   Chen, Ling ^c   Zheng, Yan Luan ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b WANNAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Percoll gradient method; Real time sperm separation technique; Reproduction; Swim up method; Techniques; Wang's tube

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL SEPARATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METHODOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; CELL SEPARATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0034208307     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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